Orange Grove
Orange Grove is a suburb in Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State. Orange Grove is situated nearby to the suburb 2010, as well as near New Jerusalem.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thabong and Riebeeckstad.
Thabong
Suburb
Photo: Matabane6, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thabong is the second largest township after Botshabelo in the Free State province of South Africa. The township was established during the years of segregation of black people as well as the township of Bronville for coloured people adjacent to the city of Welkom, to accommodate workers at the world's richest gold mines. Thabong is situated 4 km west of Orange Grove.
Riebeeckstad
Town
Photo: Ossewa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Riebeeckstad is a suburb 5 km east of the city of Welkom located in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality of the Free State province of South Africa. Riebeeckstad is situated 4 km northwest of Orange Grove.
Welkom
Photo: Caracal Rooikat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Welkom is the second-largest city in the Free State province. Welkom is known as "Circle City", "City within a Garden", "Mvela" and "Matjhabeng". The city's Sotho name, Matjhabeng, means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique met to work in the mines of the gold fields.
Orange Grove
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Matjhabeng Local Municipality, Lejweleputswa District Municipality, Free State, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-27.958° or 27° 57′ 29″ southLongitude
26.83252° or 26° 49′ 57″ eastOpen location code
5G482RRM+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 2271420059OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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